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New Mexico Mycological Society
- Meetings for 1998
Unless otherwise stated, NMMS meets the
first Tuesday of each month, 7:30PM at the Natural History Museum.
January 6th
- video by Dr James W Kimbrough entitled
Cultivation of Shiitake and other Exotic Mushrooms in Taiwan .
February 3rd - Ellen Reed showed slides and talked about the
trip she and Doris made to Turkey last fall.
March 3rd - Part 1 ( Life cycles ) of a NAMA slime mold video.
April 7th - Guest speaker Paul Chan, who spent five years as a
naturalist working for the Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest, talked
about his experience with Matsutake and the intracacies of commercial
picking.
May 5th -
Cinco de Mayo Party - Tequila, Tecate, & Huitlacoche
hors d'oeuvres
We viewed a video, Growing Shiitake Mushrooms in the mid-South,
produced by the Shirley Community Development Corp. in Arkansas. It
presents a good overview of all stages of Shiitake production and
addresses elements of both small and large-scale operations.
June 2nd - Film: The Song of
Mukhomor - a story of intrigue and suspense filmed in the wilds of the
Kamchatka Peninsula. Free-lance mycologist Gary Lincoff joins an
expedition led by the eccentric Doctor Salzman. Over steaming volcanos and
across the vast tundra they travel in quest of the elusive spirit woman,
Tatiana, who alone can reveal to them the deep secrets of the mystical
Mukhomor.
July 7th - Film tour of Monterey
Mushroom Facility - It appears that a few folks in California have managed
to cultivate one of the world's most elusive and exotic fungi. Unknown
until quite recently, these mushrooms have quickly become the star
attraction at elite groceries and gourmet restaurants. Investigative
reporter Larry Weingarten obtained exclusive footage filmed in
Watsonville, California, where these culinary delights grow in abundance.
Our July meeting featured Larry's provocative exposé of Monterey Mushrooms
and their new mushroom species: Portabellas.
August 4th
September : Shiitake Video
October : The program was a video entitled Mushroom, "a
26 minute journey into an American passion for an extraordinary product of
the earth."
November
: John Corbin provided a detailed description of his
processes for growing Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus). John
also graced those attending the talk with gifts of mushroom kits.
December 13th: Holiday Potluck
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